Christopher Miles

Christopher Miles is a British film director, producer and screenwriter.

Miles was born in London, England, the eldest of four children to Wren, a councillor, and John Miles, a consulting engineer, whose family had been in the steel industry for several generations. Two engineers named Miles are on a plinth in Yarm, commemorating the first railway in the world, from Stockton to Darlington in 1825.

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